Other than my 7:30 am soy latte addiction and omnipresent camera, I've never admitted to being a tourist. I equate it to being "spiritual but not religious:" I can travel without supporting the nearly $9 billion-per-year tourism industry that carries our commercialized way of life like a virus, infecting and ultimately killing the charming uniqueness [...]
Transformation! Such an overused word... light enough to be tossed around like a frisbee, yet heavy with the gravity of possible meanings. It suggests the process of turning into something completely different, which sounds pretty scary... and fortunately untrue. A caterpillar transforms into a butterfly, but its essence is still the same. The outer appearance [...]
Between August 12 and the end of October, I'll be exploring 13 countries across the Baltics, eastern Europe and Georgia. Yes, this is ambitious. Yes, I may end up skipping one or two if I get tired of being on the road. Normally I like to stay in one place for a month, but I'm [...]
Becoming a citizen of the world carries a big learning curve. I'll keep updating this post for those of you who want to take the outstep. You may or may not know (I didn’t) that you can’t fly into most countries on a one-way ticket. To solve this problem for digital nomads, there’s a site [...]
Travelers to Morocco enter the country through the chaos of Marrakech, which can be a thrill in small doses. After a few days, you may be ready for some chill-out time. Enter Essaouira (pronounced ess-way-ra.) Meaning "well designed," the name was bestowed by Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah after hiring a French architect to build [...]
I’m sitting in a comfortable, air-conditioned bus from Marrakech en route to Essaouira, a small coastal town. I’ve just been ripped off 28DH by the waiter in the Marrakech bus station café; less than $3 USD, so I’m not really bothered by it. Just another trick added to the list of things to watch out [...]
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